Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “dastard” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

16 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
~~remove a letter~~ ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
dastard	9	27	970	(None)
bastard	10	30	1242	1	bastard
dastards	10	27	808	1	dastards
bastards	11	33	1031	2	bastards
bastardy	14	32	600	2	bastardy
bustard	10	38	972	2	bustard
costard	10	41	1335	2	costard
custard	10	38	997	2	custard
dastardly	14	27	380	2	dastardly
datary	10	3	1024	2	da_tary
daystar	11	4	344	2	daystar_
daystars	12	4	390	2	daystars
discard	11	3	1021	2	discard
dotard	8	3	905	2	d_otard
eastward	12	4	499	2	eastward
mustard	10	35	953	2	mustard

Search took 4 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	107671	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	16	2.953	36461.6
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	3.329	53677.1